Failing Grades – Repeating Courses

APUS allows students one opportunity to retake a failed course and have the original failed grade forgiven from a student's GPA. The original failing grade will show as “R” on the transcript, and the previous failing grade will be removed from a student's GPA as long as they complete the course retake. However, students will still see the original failing grade on their personal online academic plan and on their individual online grade reports.

Important Information:

• The course retake policy only applies if the exact course that was previously failed is still offered or if a course equivalency has been established in the curriculum and University systems.
• Original failing grades of retaken courses will still be used to calculate SAP (Satisfactory Academic Progress) for financial aid and for the 150% rule of course credit attempted vs course credit earned for graduation eligibility.